Street and railway track structure.



A. OSTHEIMER.

STREET AND RAILWAY TRACK STRUGTURE.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 28. 1911.

1,036,891 Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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STREET AND RAILWAY TRACK STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application filed December 28, 1911. Serial No. 668,245.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM OSTHEIMER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street and Railway Track Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for fastening railway rails in place, and has for its object to provide a strong and durable support and fastening which will securely hold the rails and effectually prevent spreading thereof and other damages to the track.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes the track rails, the meeting ends of which are joined by fish-plates 6 or any other suitable means. The rails are each supported on a chair extending throughout the entire length thereof, and comprising a channeled beam having its Web 7 horizontal and uppermost, and its flanges 8 depending therefrom and resting on transverse string- .ers 9. In the top of the chair is a longitudinal groove 10 in which the rail base seats. The stringers 9 are spaced suitable distanees apart and are T-beams, having their base uppermost and supporting the chairs, and their flange depending therefrom and embedded in the road-bed. The chairs are fastened together at their meeting ends by fish-plates 11 or other suitable means.

The rails 5 are fastened down on the chairs by clips, each comprising a base portion 12, an upstanding flange 13 rising from one end thereof, and a lip 14 extending outward from the upper end of said flange. Between the flange and the base is a strengthening fin 15. The base of the clip is bolted or otherwise fastened down on top of the stringer, as indicated at 16, and the flange fits the outer surface of the flange 8. The lip 14 extends across the top of the chair a suflicient distance to engage the rail base. The depth of the groove 10 is such that the lip may fit on top of the base flange of the rail, and the top of the chair is inclined so as to come flush with the top surface of said rail base. It will therefore be seen that the lip fits squarely on the top of the chair and the base flange of the rail. A clip as herein described is employed on both sides of the rail and as they are securely fastened to the stringers, lateral displacement of the chairs is effectually prevented and all danger of spreading of the rails is thus obviated. The rails are also securely held in parallelism. The lips 14 firmly hold the rails against vertical displacement.

The support and fastening are simple in construction and form a firm, rigid and durable track structure which cannot be easily tampered with, and any necessary repairs can be readily made.

I claim:

A support and fastener for railway rails comprising transverse stringers; a chair extending throughout the entire length of the rail, said chair being a channeled beam hav' ing its web arranged horizontally and provided with a top longitudinal groove in which the rail seats, and its side flanges depending from the Web and resting 011 the stringers, the top of the chair being inclined toward its sides to coincide with the top of the base flanges of the rail; and rail-securing clips having a base portion which is fastened to the top of the stringers, and an upstanding flange rising from one end of the base portion and fitting against the flanges of the chair, said upstanding flange having a lip extending outward from the upper end thereof across the top of the chair to engage the rail base.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AD AM OSTI-IEIMER.

Witnesses:

HENRY K. HENKELMAN, Jnssrn L. GRASS.

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